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Caspase-8
A caspase-8 that is encoded in the genome of human. [PRO:DNx]
Synonyms
CASP-8;
EC 3.4.22.61;
Apoptotic cysteine protease;
Apoptotic protease Mch-5;
CAP4;
FADD-homologous ICE/ced-3-like protease;
FADD-like ICE;
FLICE;
ICE-like apoptotic protease 5;
MORT1-associated ced-3 homolog;
MACH
Research
Bioassay Publications (10)
Timeframe | Studies on this Protein(%) | All Drugs % |
---|---|---|
pre-1990 | 0 (0.00) | 18.7374 |
1990's | 0 (0.00) | 18.2507 |
2000's | 8 (80.00) | 29.6817 |
2010's | 2 (20.00) | 24.3611 |
2020's | 0 (0.00) | 2.80 |
Compounds (16)
Drugs with Inhibition Measurements
Drug | Taxonomy | Measurement | Average (mM) | Bioassay(s) | Publication(s) |
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isoquinoline-1,3,4-trione | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 1.0598 | 2 | 6 |
n-methylisatin | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 50.0000 | 1 | 1 |
pralnacasan | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 0.0400 | 2 | 2 |
acetyl-aspartyl-glutamyl-valyl-aspartal | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 0.0602 | 5 | 10 |
5-Nitroisatin | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 3.0000 | 1 | 1 |
n-acetyltyrosyl-valyl-alanyl-aspartyl aldehyde | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 0.0082 | 2 | 2 |
benzyloxycarbonyl-phe-ala-fluormethylketone | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 100.0000 | 1 | 1 |
benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone | Homo sapiens (human) | Ki | 0.0180 | 1 | 0 |
grassystatin a | Homo sapiens (human) | IC50 | 5.0000 | 1 | 1 |
Drugs with Other Measurements
Drug | Taxonomy | Measurement | Average (mM) | Bioassay(s) | Publication(s) |
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3,3',4,5'-tetrahydroxystilbene | Homo sapiens (human) | AC50 | 70.0000 | 1 | 0 |
2,2'-((3,3'-dimethoxy(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diyl)diimino)bis-benzoic acid | Homo sapiens (human) | AC50 | 47.9700 | 1 | 0 |
stictic acid | Homo sapiens (human) | AC50 | 70.0000 | 1 | 0 |
1,3(2h,4h)-isoquinolinedione | Homo sapiens (human) | AC50 | 1.0900 | 1 | 0 |
1,6-dimethyl-3-(2-pyridinyl)pyrimido[5,4-e][1,2,4]triazine-5,7-dione | Homo sapiens (human) | AC50 | 0.4360 | 1 | 0 |
1,6-dimethyl-3-propylpyrimido[5,4-e][1,2,4]triazine-5,7-dione | Homo sapiens (human) | AC50 | 0.3100 | 1 | 0 |
MK-8353 | Homo sapiens (human) | Activity | 0.1850 | 1 | 1 |
Enables
This protein enables 13 target(s):
Target | Category | Definition |
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cysteine-type endopeptidase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile. [GOC:mah, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/merops/about/glossary.shtml#CATTYPE, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/merops/about/glossary.shtml#ENDOPEPTIDASE] |
death receptor binding | molecular function | Binding to a member of the death receptor (DR) family. The DR family falls within the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily and is characterized by a cytoplasmic region of ~80 residues termed the death domain (DD). [GOC:ceb, GOC:rl, PMID:15654015] |
tumor necrosis factor receptor binding | molecular function | Binding to a tumor necrosis factor receptor. [GOC:ai] |
protein binding | molecular function | Binding to a protein. [GOC:go_curators] |
peptidase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a peptide bond. A peptide bond is a covalent bond formed when the carbon atom from the carboxyl group of one amino acid shares electrons with the nitrogen atom from the amino group of a second amino acid. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0815332181] |
cysteine-type peptidase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile. [GOC:mah, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/merops/about/glossary.shtml#CATTYPE] |
ubiquitin protein ligase binding | molecular function | Binding to a ubiquitin protein ligase enzyme, any of the E3 proteins. [GOC:vp] |
death effector domain binding | molecular function | Binding to a DED domain (death effector domain) of a protein, a homotypic protein interaction module composed of a bundle of six alpha-helices that is related in structure to the death domain (DD). [GOC:ecd, InterPro:IPR001875] |
identical protein binding | molecular function | Binding to an identical protein or proteins. [GOC:jl] |
protein-containing complex binding | molecular function | Binding to a macromolecular complex. [GOC:jl] |
scaffold protein binding | molecular function | Binding to a scaffold protein. Scaffold proteins are crucial regulators of many key signaling pathways. Although not strictly defined in function, they are known to interact and/or bind with multiple members of a signaling pathway, tethering them into complexes. [GOC:BHF, GOC:sjp, PMID:10433269, Wikipedia:Scaffold_protein] |
cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process | molecular function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile, and contributing to the apoptotic process. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic signaling pathway | molecular function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile, and contributing to the apoptotic signaling pathway. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:11717445, Wikipedia:Caspase] |
Located In
This protein is located in 7 target(s):
Target | Category | Definition |
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nucleoplasm | cellular component | That part of the nuclear content other than the chromosomes or the nucleolus. [GOC:ma, ISBN:0124325653] |
mitochondrion | cellular component | A semiautonomous, self replicating organelle that occurs in varying numbers, shapes, and sizes in the cytoplasm of virtually all eukaryotic cells. It is notably the site of tissue respiration. [GOC:giardia, ISBN:0198506732] |
mitochondrial outer membrane | cellular component | The outer, i.e. cytoplasm-facing, lipid bilayer of the mitochondrial envelope. [GOC:ai] |
cytosol | cellular component | The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes. [GOC:hjd, GOC:jl] |
cytoskeleton | cellular component | A cellular structure that forms the internal framework of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The cytoskeleton includes intermediate filaments, microfilaments, microtubules, the microtrabecular lattice, and other structures characterized by a polymeric filamentous nature and long-range order within the cell. The various elements of the cytoskeleton not only serve in the maintenance of cellular shape but also have roles in other cellular functions, including cellular movement, cell division, endocytosis, and movement of organelles. [GOC:mah, PMID:16959967, PMID:27419875] |
lamellipodium | cellular component | A thin sheetlike process extended by the leading edge of a migrating cell or extending cell process; contains a dense meshwork of actin filaments. [ISBN:0815316194] |
cell body | cellular component | The portion of a cell bearing surface projections such as axons, dendrites, cilia, or flagella that includes the nucleus, but excludes all cell projections. [GOC:go_curators] |
Active In
This protein is active in 1 target(s):
Target | Category | Definition |
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cytoplasm | cellular component | The contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures. [ISBN:0198547684] |
Part Of
This protein is part of 4 target(s):
Target | Category | Definition |
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death-inducing signaling complex | cellular component | A protein complex formed by the association of signaling proteins with a death receptor upon ligand binding. The complex includes procaspases and death domain-containing proteins in addition to the ligand-bound receptor, and may control the activation of caspases 8 and 10. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:12628743, PMID:12655293, PMID:8521815] |
CD95 death-inducing signaling complex | cellular component | A protein complex formed upon binding of Fas/CD95/APO-1 to its ligand. The complex includes FADD/Mort1, procaspase-8/10 and c-FLIP in addition to the ligand-bound receptor. [PMID:12628743, PMID:12655293] |
protein-containing complex | cellular component | A stable assembly of two or more macromolecules, i.e. proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates or lipids, in which at least one component is a protein and the constituent parts function together. [GOC:dos, GOC:mah] |
ripoptosome | cellular component | A protein complex whose core components are the receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinases RIPK1 and RIPK3 (also called RIP1 and RIP3). Formation of the ripoptosome can induce an extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway or a necroptotic signaling pathway. The composition of this protein complex may depend on several factors including nature of the signal, cell type and more. [GOC:bhm, GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:22265414, PMID:22274400] |
Involved In
This protein is involved in 39 target(s):
Target | Category | Definition |
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angiogenesis | biological process | Blood vessel formation when new vessels emerge from the proliferation of pre-existing blood vessels. [ISBN:0878932453] |
regulation of cytokine production | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate, or extent of production of a cytokine. [GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149] |
proteolysis | biological process | The hydrolysis of proteins into smaller polypeptides and/or amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds. [GOC:bf, GOC:mah] |
apoptotic process | biological process | A programmed cell death process which begins when a cell receives an internal (e.g. DNA damage) or external signal (e.g. an extracellular death ligand), and proceeds through a series of biochemical events (signaling pathway phase) which trigger an execution phase. The execution phase is the last step of an apoptotic process, and is typically characterized by rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopodes, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), plasma membrane blebbing and fragmentation of the cell into apoptotic bodies. When the execution phase is completed, the cell has died. [GOC:cjm, GOC:dhl, GOC:ecd, GOC:go_curators, GOC:mtg_apoptosis, GOC:tb, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:18846107, PMID:21494263] |
heart development | biological process | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the heart over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The heart is a hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. [GOC:jid, UBERON:0000948] |
regulation of tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway | biological process | Any process that modulates the rate or extent of the tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway. The tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway is the series of molecular signals generated as a consequence of tumor necrosis factor binding to a cell surface receptor. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
natural killer cell activation | biological process | The change in morphology and behavior of a natural killer cell in response to a cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or soluble factor. [GOC:mgi_curators, ISBN:0781735149] |
macrophage differentiation | biological process | The process in which a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of a macrophage. [GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149] |
positive regulation of cell migration | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell migration. [GOC:go_curators] |
response to cobalt ion | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a cobalt ion (Co2+) stimulus. [GOC:mah] |
response to estradiol | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of stimulus by estradiol, a C18 steroid hormone hydroxylated at C3 and C17 that acts as a potent estrogen. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0911910123] |
response to lipopolysaccharide | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a lipopolysaccharide stimulus; lipopolysaccharide is a major component of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. [GOC:add, ISBN:0721601464] |
positive regulation of interleukin-1 beta production | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate, or extent of interleukin-1 beta production. [GOC:mah] |
response to tumor necrosis factor | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a tumor necrosis factor stimulus. [GOC:mah] |
TRAIL-activated apoptotic signaling pathway | biological process | An extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway initiated by the binding of the ligand TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) to a death receptor on the cell surface. [GOC:bf, GOC:PARL, PMID:21785459] |
T cell activation | biological process | The change in morphology and behavior of a mature or immature T cell resulting from exposure to a mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or an antigen for which it is specific. [GOC:mgi_curators, ISBN:0781735149] |
B cell activation | biological process | The change in morphology and behavior of a mature or immature B cell resulting from exposure to a mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or an antigen for which it is specific. [GOC:mgi_curators, ISBN:0781735149] |
positive regulation of apoptotic process | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell death by apoptotic process. [GOC:jl, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a canonical NF-kappaB signaling cascade. [GOC:jl] |
negative regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of a canonical NF-kappaB signaling cascade. [GOC:jl] |
regulation of innate immune response | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the innate immune response, the organism's first line of defense against infection. [GOC:ebc] |
response to ethanol | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an ethanol stimulus. [GOC:go_curators] |
positive regulation of macrophage differentiation | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of macrophage differentiation. [GOC:go_curators] |
positive regulation of proteolysis | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the hydrolysis of a peptide bond or bonds within a protein. [GOC:go_curators] |
proteolysis involved in protein catabolic process | biological process | The hydrolysis of a peptide bond or bonds within a protein as part of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by individual cells. [GOC:ai, GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
protein maturation | biological process | Any process leading to the attainment of the full functional capacity of a protein. [GOC:ai] |
negative regulation of necroptotic process | biological process | Any process that decreases the rate, frequency or extent of a necroptotic process, a necrotic cell death process that results from the activation of endogenous cellular processes, such as signaling involving death domain receptors or Toll-like receptors. [GOC:BHF, GOC:dph, GOC:mtg_apoptosis, GOC:tb] |
syncytiotrophoblast cell differentiation involved in labyrinthine layer development | biological process | The process in which a chorionic trophoblast cell acquires specialized features of a syncytiotrophoblast of the labyrinthine layer of the placenta. [GOC:dph] |
pyroptosis | biological process | A caspase-1-dependent cell death subroutine that is associated with the generation of pyrogenic mediators such as IL-1beta and IL-18. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:18846107, PMID:21760595] |
cellular response to mechanical stimulus | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a mechanical stimulus. [GOC:mah] |
cellular response to organic cyclic compound | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an organic cyclic compound stimulus. [GOC:mah] |
apoptotic signaling pathway | biological process | The series of molecular signals which triggers the apoptotic death of a cell. The pathway starts with reception of a signal, and ends when the execution phase of apoptosis is triggered. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway | biological process | The series of molecular signals in which a signal is conveyed from the cell surface to trigger the apoptotic death of a cell. The pathway starts with either a ligand binding to a cell surface receptor, or a ligand being withdrawn from a cell surface receptor (e.g. in the case of signaling by dependence receptors), and ends when the execution phase of apoptosis is triggered. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, GOC:yaf, PMID:17340152] |
execution phase of apoptosis | biological process | A stage of the apoptotic process that starts with the controlled breakdown of the cell through the action of effector caspases or other effector molecules (e.g. cathepsins, calpains etc.). Key steps of the execution phase are rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopodes, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), plasma membrane blebbing and fragmentation of the cell into apoptotic bodies. When the execution phase is completed, the cell has died. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:21760595] |
activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity | biological process | Any process that initiates the activity of the inactive enzyme cysteine-type endopeptidase. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:21726810] |
self proteolysis | biological process | The hydrolysis of proteins into smaller polypeptides and/or amino acids by cleavage of their own peptide bonds. [GOC:yaf, PMID:18676612, PMID:19144634] |
activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process | biological process | Any process that initiates the activity of the inactive enzyme cysteine-type endopeptidase in the context of an apoptotic process. [GOC:al, GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:mtg_apoptosis, GOC:tb, PMID:14744432, PMID:18328827, Wikipedia:Caspase] |
extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors | biological process | The series of molecular signals in which a signal is conveyed from the cell surface to trigger the apoptotic death of a cell. The pathway starts with a ligand binding to a death domain receptor on the cell surface, and ends when the execution phase of apoptosis is triggered. [GOC:mah, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell death of neurons by apoptotic process. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |